About the Lincoln County Clerk
Kemmerer was founded in 1897 by Patrick J. Quealy, who formed the Kemmerer Coal Company and named the townsite after his financial backer, Pennsylvania coal magnate Mahlon S. Kemmerer. Unlike many company towns of the era, Quealy sold rather than leased town lots, which let independent businesses take root alongside the mines. The Union Pacific Coal Company had already opened the area's first underground mine in 1881 after the Oregon Short Line Railroad reached the region, and by 1950 the Kemmerer operation had converted to strip mining and become, for a time, the world's largest open-pit coal mine. Kemmerer and the neighboring community of Frontier were incorporated into Lincoln County in 1911, and coal has shaped the county's economy and identity ever since.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Lincoln County, this is the Lincoln County Clerk that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Kemmerer (county seat), Diamondville, Afton, Alpine, Cokeville, LaBarge, Opal, Star Valley Ranch, Thayne.
Unincorporated communities: Frontier (also known as North Kemmerer).
Office Details
Address: 925 Sage Avenue, Kemmerer, WY 83101
Phone: (307) 877-9056
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Recording Fee: a flat statewide per-page fee set by Wyoming statute, not a percentage of the property's value
E-recording: accepts e-recording through Simplifile, one of the first counties in Wyoming to adopt it after the state authorized electronic recording statewide in 2017
Good to know before you go: Because Lincoln County stretches from Kemmerer all the way to Star Valley, the Clerk's office keeps a second full branch at 421 Jefferson Street in Afton (Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4 PM) in addition to the main Kemmerer office -- both locations record land documents, so Star Valley residents don't have to drive to Kemmerer to record a deed. Vehicle title paperwork, however, is handled only at Kemmerer; the county's own site warns not to mail title work to the Afton branch.
How to File a Document
- Sign in Front of a Notary: Wyoming Statute § 34-1-113 requires the grantor's signature to be acknowledged before a notarial officer, following the requirements of Wyoming Statute § 34-26-107, before the Lincoln County Clerk can accept a deed for recording. The deed is actually valid between grantor and grantee as soon as it's signed and delivered -- the notarized acknowledgment is what makes it eligible for recording, which is the step that protects the new owner against someone else later claiming an interest in the same property.
- Attach a Full Legal Description, Not Just an Address: A street address alone won't satisfy Wyoming's requirements -- the deed needs the property's actual legal description (a government survey reference, a metes-and-bounds description, or a platted lot and block, depending on how the parcel was originally surveyed). You can usually copy this directly from the deed that transferred the property to you.
- Complete a Statement of Consideration: Unlike many states, Wyoming requires a separate signed Statement of Consideration to accompany the deed when it's filed (Wyoming Statute § 34-1-142), unless a specific exemption applies. This is a distinct document with its own signature, not a box you check on the deed itself -- the Lincoln County Clerk can provide the current form and confirm whether your situation qualifies for an exemption.
- Consider Online Notarization if an In-Person Visit Is Hard: Wyoming has permitted remote online notarization on a permanent basis since July 1, 2021, when Senate File 29 took effect (Wyo. Stat. § 32-3-102) -- so if getting to a notary's office in person is inconvenient, a signer may be able to complete the acknowledgment over live video with a Wyoming-commissioned online notary instead.
- Record with the County Clerk: Bring, mail, or (where the county supports it) e-file the signed, notarized deed and its Statement of Consideration with the Lincoln County Clerk for the county where the property sits. Wyoming's recording fee is set by state statute (W.S. § 18-3-402) -- a flat rate for the first page and a separate flat rate for each additional page, not a percentage of the property's value -- and Wyoming imposes no state or local real estate transfer tax on top of that.
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